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Orders,  no.  13 

Conf  Pam  q#108 


I  Person*  dosiring  to  have  more  than   one  male   adiflt  o«  heir   stock 
f-uma'uuder  the    provisions  of  the    law    allowing   one    person  k  eac 
heTofe.ttlo.will  be  required  to  make  affidavit  that  such  numb, ol  persons 
H  absolutely  necessary  to  take  proper  care  ot  ilia  stock.  I 

II  Enrollments  for  particular  regiments,  squadrons,  baahons  and 
companies  in  service  on  the  16th  of  April  1862,  may  be  ma.  by  officers 
de a edio  he  pur^se  by  the  Com*  leneral  of  ad  „,„,,.„  or 
aa^myintheneldfbut  such  officers  must  report  to  the  Co hmndant  o 
Oonscripte  in  their  respective  Slates,  receive  insti  lotions  fri  him,  and 
wsemble  their  conscript     at  such  points  as   he  Wy  dcsigna* Co 

enrolled  without  reporting  to  suofa   commandant,  wiU  be  deem    to   - 

Sued for  general  service, and  shall  at  an.,  time  be  transferred, 
..pplieati.m,  oron  the  application,  of  commandants  ol  c|rps  needisfconsenpts, 
l.i  BUch  eorp.-.  / 

Ji<ricndsy  DunkarHs,  Xazan  aes  and  Mi 

TH    All  persons of  Utf-above  denominations,  In   regular licmhership 

ilhnent, 

u  to  which  the  party  bi  iig  forth  distinctly  thi'     not    that  the 

party  on  ttie  1 1 1 li  day  ot  October,  1865  was  in  regul  uli  such 

denomination.  The  aliftivit  must  be  taken  and  ccrtlSed  by  a  Jkjtiec  of  the 
Peace,  or  other  ollicfr  appointed  by  the  law  of  his  State  to  adiniii-tgr  oaths; 
iind  his  authority  to  administer  oaths  must  be  certified  by  the  C'Ufk  of  a  court 
of  record,  under  the  seal  of  the  court.. 

All  Assistant  Quartermasters,  to  whom  the  said  tax  is  tendered™  ili  receive 
and  receipt  for  it,  anil  pay  the  same  into  the  Treasury  ol  the  Confederate 
States,  without  unreasonable  delay,.  The  enrolling  officer  will  receive  the 
receipt  and  forward  it  to  the  Commandant  of  Conscripts,  by  whonit  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster  General,  who  will  charge  the  Assistant 
Quartermaster  with  the  amount  received  by  him. 

Provision   against    Extortion. 

IV.  When  application  for  exemption  is  made  by  any  shoenker,  tan- 
ner, blacksmith,  wagonmaker,  miller,  "'ill  engine  -r  or  millwrigh  not  in  the 
employment  of  any  oompany  "r  establishment,  bin  working  (I  himself, 
the  party  seeking  exemption  shall  state  in  writing,  under  oat  ,  thai  he 
is  skilled  and  actually  employed  in  his  said  trade  ;  that  he  is  i  ibitually 
engaged  in  working  Par  tlio  public  ;  that  the  products  of  his  h  tor,  while 
exempt  from  military  service,  shall  not  be  sold,  exchanged  oi  bartered 
for  a  i  ;  ling  the  cost   of  production  and  seventy-five  r>er  cent. 

profit  thereon,  and  that  he  will  nil  by  any  arrangement,  shif  or  con- 
trivance, evade  the  law,  or  receive  a  greater  price  or  rewai.1  than  it 
allows. 

Where    application    is    made    to   exempt    superintendents  ai  1  opera- 
tives hi  wool     ud  en  1 1  on  factories  and  paper  mills,  and  stipoi  inien    oils  and 
ling  inv. 'lines,   shoemakers,   tanners,   blM^smith**. 
,rA£  >-.  or   unit wi  it  tg  i    . 

but  in  ihe  employment  of  some  com^my  or  establishment, 
the  president  or  some  director,  if  the  company  be  incorporate,  if  cot, 
the  proprietor  of  the  business,  or  if  i  here  be  a  firm,  soma  parto-r  there- 
in, shall  make  oai  It  in  writing  that  the  said  superintendents,  operatives, 
managers  or  mechanics,  as  the  case  may  be,  are  skilled  and  aotially  cni- 
1  vocations;  that  they  are  habitually  worklOt  for  the 
public;  that  they  arc  absolutely  necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution 
of  the  buei  toss  of  the  concern;  that  the  product!  thereof  shal  not  be 
sold,  or  exchanged,  or  bartered,  during  the  said  exemption,  fjl  a  price 


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exceeding  the  oost  of  production  and  feventy-five  per  cent,  profit  there- 
on ;  that  no  shift,  contrivance  or  arrangement  shall  be  made  to  evade  the 
law,  or  to  secure  a  larger  return  or  profit  than  it  allows;  and  that  ex- 
emption is  not  sought  for  a  larger  number  of  persons  than  is  absolutely 
n-y  tor  the  successful  prosecutions  of  the  business  of  the  concern. 

The  foregoing  affidavits  shall  be  made  before  some  Justice  of  the 
Peace  or  other  person  authorized  by  law  to  administer  oaths,  and  if  such 
Justice  or  other  person  be  not  personally  known  to  the  enrolling  otlicer 
to  be  what  he  purports  to  be,  his  official  character  and  his  right  to  ad- 
minister oat:  s  must  ue  certified  by  the  Clerk  of  some  court  of  record. 
under  the  seal  of  his  court.  *         , 

Tile  affidavits  shall  be  returned  nmandaul  of  I  on-cripls,  and 

exemptions    shall  be  grained    by    the  enrolling  officer.      If,   however,    h 
su-pect  false  swearing  or    inislakJBie   shall   refuse   the      xempt 
refer1  , li.r  hi.st  enrolling  the   names   of  parties 

Ore  Commandant  ConsCI  shall  dispose  of  it .    II 

the  enrolling  offic  to  suspect    false  swcirin«TJk-«staUe 

to    %<»1r.  "■";i' ,;i  ' 

,  hi  the    law  all. 
root  by  .  ,1c.  me  enrollment 

ujuu  the  said  atfidaviUfJB 

Details. 

V.  Citizen  employees  and  mechanics  who  are  employed  in  establish- 
ments of  the  government,  or  by  contractors  with  the  (jovernmetil  in  (he 
manufacture  of  arms,  ordnance,  ordnance  stores,  and  other  miinili 
war,  saddles,  harness  and  army  supplies,  will  be  enrolled  and  returned  to 
their  work  :  provided  the  Chief  of  the  Ordnance  lieaureau,  or  some  ord- 
nance officer  authorized  by  him  for  the  purpose,  shall  certify  that  the 
number  of  operatives  required  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  such  establish- 
ment, or  by  such  contractor  for  government  work,  is  reasonable,  and  not 
excessive.  Such  certificate  will  be  presented  to  the  enrolling  officer,  who 
will  thereupon  make  the  detail  of  the  men  specified  for  a  period  ant  ex- 
ceeding sixty  days,  and  return  the  certificate  to  the  Commandant  of  Con- 
scripts At  the  expiration  of  such  detail,  the  officer  In  charge  of  the 
government  shop,  or  the  contractor,  in  whose  employment  sai  1  conscripts 
are.  shall  cause  said  certificate  to  be  renewed,  or  return  the  eonscripis  to 
the  nearest  camp  of  instruction.  If  the  certificate  be  not  renewed,  or  ihe 
conscripts  be  not  relumed,  no-other  detail  shall  he  granted  to  Such  eetab' 
lishment  or  contractor.  In  all  cases  of  details  for  contractors,  the 
requesting  the  detail  shall  make  affidavit  that  the  persons  so  detailed  will 
not  be  employed  on  any  other  than  government  work,  which  affidavit 
shall  be  returned  to  the  Commandant  of  Conscripts;  and  if  it  be  found 
that  at  any  time  suoh  detailed  conscripts  are  employed  by  said  contract- 
ors upon  work  for  private  individuals,  Ihe  detail  shall  be  cancelled  by  the 
Commandant  of  Conscripts. 
Para  ;n»ph  '.  Qenara!  ' 

Volunteering. 

VI.  All  persons  liable  to  conscription  may.  before  enrollment,  vol- 
unteer in  companies  in  service  on  the  liitb  of  April,  lSiiJ.  But  after  en- 
rollment, they  cannot  volunteer,  nor  can  they  at  any  time  volunteer  in 
companies  received  into  service  since  the  16th  of  April,  1862. 

VII  All  persons  subject  to  enrollment  for  military  service,  may  be 
enrolled  wherever  found,  whether  within  the  State  or  oounty  of  their  resi- 
dence, according  to  an  act  of  Congress,  approved  Sept.  1!7,  1862. 


J.  P.  FLEWELLEN, 

Major  &  Com'dt  Conscripts. 


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